wish for a hand guiding these stars
place them together
so i know what i'm looking at
explosion of light in the southern cross

hands guide me along
they are my angels
the odd devil
whatever my beliefs at the time

my cactus blooms
some of them only last one day every few years
you need to hold onto these things and remember
sometimes you are lucky to be in just the right place at the right moment


how do you bolster a faint spirit?
sometimes the life-force is weak-kneed
and you just have to shake and shudder across the room
til you get walking again

sometimes it's more complicated than that
and a person feels trapped
walks out of the room and into a misbegotten adventure
you shudder and shake til you get walking again

when you are a captive of circumstance
you take a dream in flight
what images we hold
what fancy and hope, what love
what life
what love

may 30, 2012